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This marine gastropod is intriguing because, unlike other conchs and whelks. A lightning whelk is distinguished from the other whelks in South Carolina by the counter-clockwise coiling of the shell. The lightning whelk is left-handed, meaning its opening is always on the left, or sinistral, side of the shell. Whelks can grow up to 15 inches long and sometimes are mistaken for conchs. Whelks are carnivores (the lightning whelk prefers bivalves, especially clams), while conchs are herbivores. Mature lightning whelks vary in color from grayish white to tan and creamy yellow, with openings that can be bright yellow, orange, or deep red. The lightning whelk is a marine snail, or “gastropod,” which comes from the Latin words gastro (stomach) and pod (foot)—in other words, its stomach and foot are contained in the same body part. Like other snails, they use their muscular foot to move as well as to hold prey. The appendage is so strong, it can easily pry open a clam shell.

Whelks were used extensively by early Native Americans as a major food source as well as for making tools, beads, and ornaments. Because of their left-sided opening, lightning whelks were particularly significant to tribal beliefs and rituals. The clockwise spirals of the inner shell signified the movement from light to darkness and birth to death. Lightning whelk shells were used as ceremonial objects as early as 3000 BC in the Southeast. The whelk’s sinistral spiral was an icon for ideas about the sun, life, and death. Ceramic imitations of lightning whelk cups were used ceremonially. Millions of beads made from these shells were used in the southeastern US.

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